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A realistic, week-by-week plan for the first 30 days of gambling recovery. No perfection required — just structure, small steps, and steady progress.

Telling someone about your recovery is hard. Here's a practical guide to having the conversation — what to say, who to tell, and how much to share.

Relying on willpower alone to quit gambling is exhausting and unsustainable. Here's why decision fatigue undermines recovery — and what works better.

Payday triggers gambling. Losses trigger chasing. Chasing triggers shame. Shame triggers hiding. Here's how to recognize — and break — the cycle.

After weeks of recovery, it's tempting to think you're past it. Here's why that feeling can be the riskiest phase — and how to navigate it safely.

Boredom is one of the most common — and most underestimated — triggers in gambling recovery. Here's why it's so dangerous, and what actually helps.

You gambled. Now what? A calm, non-judgmental guide to the first hours and days after a setback — and how to protect the progress you've already made.

Relapse rarely happens out of nowhere. It follows a pattern of triggers, exposure, and eroded boundaries. Here's how to see the setup before it plays out.

If quitting was supposed to fix things, why does everything feel worse? Here's what's actually happening — and why it's a sign you're on the right track.

A look inside the email marketing playbooks that gambling operators use—segmentation, winback campaigns, and AI personalization—from the recipient's perspective.

Your phone, inbox, browser, and social feeds can either support or sabotage your recovery. Here's a framework for making them work for you.

How self-exclusion works, what it covers, what it doesn't, and how to complement it with other recovery tools to close the gaps.

A balanced, honest comparison of the best gambling recovery tools available—from website blockers to support communities and everything in between.

A behind-the-scenes look at the engineering challenge of distinguishing a DraftKings promo from a Poker Face TV show newsletter.

A practical, day-by-day checklist for cleaning up your digital environment during the first week of gambling recovery.

You've hit 'unsubscribe' dozens of times, but the emails keep coming. Here's why—and what actually works instead.

Gambling marketers design emails to exploit specific psychological triggers. Understanding these tactics is a powerful step in protecting your recovery.

What happens when you actually count every gambling email in your inbox? A look at the scale, the patterns, and what it means for recovery.

Three proven methods to stop gambling emails from reaching your Gmail inbox—from manual filters to automated tools that find and remove them all.